"How can a bunch of 24-year-olds and a bald bloke create such a wonderful record? This is where Bono's voice is at its best; full blown from the very start"
"This album is great - a mixture of Innocence and Experience. 'Please' is genius, especially live. It has 'Mofo' on it too, arguably (arguing between myself) my favourite U2 number"
"The second best debut ever, behind 'The Doors'. There isn't a crap song on it. Or at least any crap ones are too short to notice... I guess the one where he sings in German is a bit..."
"Such a cool mixture of songs. A real grower. Seemingly soulless until you see songs done live. Then the greatness of this album hits you. Listen to this with headphones man"
"The first six songs are arguably part of the best intro to a U2 album ever. Then it goes boring except for 'New York'. But in the context this is great, but just not as great as other albums like Pop"
"Some great songs on here. Some rubbish ones too. Well, only one rubbish one: 'Refugee'. Maybe the lack of real beauty is what makes this lower on the list. Too loud, maybe? I dunno"
"Perhaps better than 'War'; but can't be higher because it's not an original collection. And it's not as good as the video. But this has 'Electric Co.' live, and that's very cool"
"This album veers drunkenly between great and not. But by the end, you realise this is a fine album. It's just so long that you might not be arsed to have patience with it"
"This starts off *quite* well, but then disintegrates. Or something. I can't figure this album out. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's annoying... I always love 'Gloria' and 'October' though"
